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Steven Whittaker laughs last against old club Rangers as Hibs hold sway

Rangers 2 Hibernian 3

Paul Forsyth

August 14 2017, 12:01am, The Times

Murray punches the air as his Hibs team-mates revel in their victoryROB CASEY/SNS

There was no shortage of villains for Rangers supporters to heckle at Ibrox on Saturday. Neil Lennon, Anthony Stokes, Efe Ambrose and Dylan McGeouch all came with Celtic baggage, but none was abused quite so consistently as Steven Whittaker.

The former Rangers defender’s every touch was jeered, a pointed reference to his rejection of a new contract five years ago, when the Glasgow club were soon to be liquidated. If it got under his skin, there was no sign of it in his performance, which helped Hibs to a rousing triumph.

After all, what’s a few insults between friends when your team, joint top of the Ladbrokes Premiership, has seen off one of its biggest clubs in their own back yard? “It’s just the pantomime…